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1) What is "alt.parenting.spanking?"
Alt.parenting.spanking is a newsgroup on Usenet. Usenet is a text based system
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Not only is inflicting violence on children just plain wrong, Dr. Murray
Strauss of the University of New Hampshire and California Prof. Mallie
Pashcall have revealed one more reason why it's a bad idea -- it makes kids
stupid.
It's not a brand-new revelation. It's been suggested before. But...

The claim is that because the "Embry study" was about teaching
children to not run into the street by using a set of training
strategies, that the study was not about "spanking" so it shouldn't be
considered as an argument against "spanking to teach."
So what did Dr. Embry actually say originally,...

On 2009-04-11 07:55:13 -0400, Crash Karr said:
All of these conclusions seem to have implications for children
placed in a fundamentalist Christian environment. Associated Content, in
a May 2007 posting, The Effects of the "No Spanking Law" on Child Abuse
in...

http://www.CPSWatch.com/il/
They are networking also with other grass-roots groups in Illinois working to
make DCFS more accountable for its actions or lack of actions.
The public guardian, a former watchdog of DCFS, ILDCFS, has recently reported
in the press that the is disappointed with DCFS...

Couple whose baby was taken by DCFS wins suit against city
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-baby-lawsuit_both_04jul04,0,1155854.story
By Steve Schmadeke | Chicago Tribune reporter
July 4, 2008
A federal jury in Chicago awarded $4.2 million Thursday to a West Side
couple whose...

Spanking clearly not best option
By Rick Shefchik, Knight Ridder Newspapers
July 13, 2004
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In their infinite, stodgy wisdom, lawmakers in Great Britain voted
last week not to ban spanking.
And while I think I see...

A Borrowed Home
Inside Child Protective Services
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.01.2007
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/110degrees/182256
Story by Ruwaida Alansary
My name is Ruwaida Alansary, but people call me Roxy. I was born in
Saudi Arabia in 1988 and my parents divorced in 1995. My father